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Sweet Love!

Milk sweets are adored in my house by V and the little one.As for me, I indulge in the more notorious sugar sweets like the Boondi Laddu and the Halwa. To pass by a sweet shop in India and to not have an adorned box of irresistible sweets in your hands is highly improbable.That is just me!! The wide selection that you encounter when you step into a Mithai (Sweet) shop can be a jaw dropping experience.We took the little one to 'Almond House', a popular sweet shop in Hyderabad. When my dad asked her to select a sweet, let me repeat "A Sweet" she replies "This, This, This, This and This".

She was utterly amused at the vibrant colors glistening through the glass case and the sweet decorated with the silver foil which fascinates me even today.I am known to buy the sweets that have the silver foil, bite the top off, and throw the rest of the sweet. Well, I do not do that anymore but I still have a fondness to the silver glitter.Known as Varkh, a lot of sweets like Kaju katli and Burfis are seen in this. The ingredients that are needed to make the most complex mithai reside in every home like Milk, Sugar, Flour,Nuts.And the aromatic Ghee!! Peda is the simplest of all sweets next only to paayasam.

My favorite Pedha is the one that a good friend of my Dad used to bring us. I believe they are the
Pedhas from a temple but I never inquired! They were small golf sized
balls with a taste that lingered in your mouth and mind for a few
days. Never could I lay my hands on such divine Pedhas again.
When I say Pedha, it is used as a very broad term. There are countless
varieties and ways to define and make a pedha.It comes with 101 unique
names, textures and distinct flavors. It comes as a simple and plain Pedha to stuffings and all the frills.This Pedha, also referred to as Amrit Pedha, has a Pistachio stuffing flavored with Saffron threads.